Gnúpverjar (basketball club)

Gnúpverjar
Leagues Division I
Founded 2015 (2015)
Arena Kennaraháskólinn
Location Reykjavík, Iceland
Team colors Green, Gold, Blue
              
President Jón Einar Valdimarsson
Website Gnupnation.is
Uniforms

Körfuknattleiksdeild Gnúpverja, commonly known as Gnúpverjar, is a basketball club based in Reykjavík, Iceland.[1][2]

History

The club finished as the runner-up in Division II in 1991, losing to Keilufélag Reykjavíkur 69-61[3], and 1992. In 1992, it had originally lost to ÍFL in the playoff final, 97-49, but due to ÍFL using a illegal player against Bolungarvík during the group stage, the final had to be replayed. As Bolungarvík was awarded 2-0 victory in the group stage game against ÍFL, they finished top in their group and advanced to the final game. In the rematch, Gnúpverjar lost again, this time 68-54.[4][5][6][7]

After years of hiatus, the team was resurrected in 2015 and rapidly moved up the Icelandic basketball league pyramid, winning Division III in its ignaural season in 2016 and finishing second in Division II in 2017 and achieving promotion to Division I.[8][9][10][11]

Honors

Men's

Runner up's: 1991, 1992, 2017

Winners: 2016

Notable players

References

  1. ↑ Félög Gnúpverjar
  2. ↑ Elvar Geir Magnússon (10 March 2018). "Geta íslensk félagslið lært af Gnúpverjum?". fotbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Keilufélag Reykjavíkur upp í 1. deild". Tíminn (in Icelandic). 1 May 1991. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Bolvíkingar í 1. deild". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 12 May 1992. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Laugaskóli sigraði en fékk á sig kæru". Dagur (in Icelandic). 14 April 1992. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Laugaskóli missir 1. deildarsætið vegna ólöglegs leikmanns". Dagur (in Icelandic). 1 May 1992. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Laugaskóli áfrýjar ekki". Dagur (in Icelandic). 12 May 1992. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Tvö Suðurlandslið í 1. deildina". Mbl.is (in Icelandic). 30 March 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Hrunamenn/Laugdælir meistarar í 2. deild". Karfan.is (in Icelandic). 7 April 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  10. ↑ Albertsson, Aron Þórður (19 August 2017). "Tvær deildir á tveimur árum". Mbl.is. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  11. ↑ Tómas Þór Þórðarson (27 October 2017). "Dagný studdi „Gnúp-þjóðina" til afar óvænts sigurs á Selfossi". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 28 October 2017.
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